The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1887-09-15

Austin Corbin and a party of fifteen
friends left New York last Monday in Mr..
Corbin's $4,000 palace on wheels, the
Manhattan, for months trip to the
Yellowstone, and thence home by the
southern route. The car is the hand
soonest and one of the largest ever built,
the interior decoration alone costing
$4,000.
Charles Pullen, Frenchman, was de-
liberately murdered at Fort Maginnis
last Friday by Antonio Cedron, a French
shoemaker, who shot him through the
left shoulder, the bullet passing through
the heart. Cedron was arrested. There
is some talk of lynching the murderer,
but it will probably amount to little.
Both men were of French Canadian orr
gin, but were citizens of tho United
States.
Northwest Tribune: A young man
whose name we did not learn was in town
Sunday, and after he was ready to start
for home he purchased bottle of
whisky and jumped his broncho and was
off. He had only reached the edge of the
town when an Indian stole the whisky
and was making away with it when the
young man opened fire on him. The In
dian wheeled on his horse and returned
the compliment, which opened a hot ex-
change of about twenty shots apiece, but
fortunately no one was hurt.
Louis Hermanson has been held to
answer to the charge of grand larceny
and robbery for entering the cabin of
Thomas McWilliams, on Mercury street,
Butte, and stealing over $780,. There is
strong case of circumstantial evidence
against him. The examination took
place last week, and was further compli-
Gated by an attempt to bribe the pros
ecuting witness to leave the country. The
bribe was successful, but Marshal Jolley
intercepted the fleeing McWilliams at
Silver Bow and brought him back. Her.
manson was committed in default of
81 900 bail to await the action of the
grand jury.
The Helena, Boulder Valley & Butte
railroad is now completed and in oper-
atioo from Helena to point called CAL
WINS ranch, six miles beyond Basin. A
contract was let this week for building
forty miles of railroad from Boulder to
Red Bluff, to Green & Barbour, of Hell
ena, who have done the greatest part of
the construction on the Helena & Boul-
der Valley. The whole distance to Red
Bluff is seventy miles. The contract for
the completion of the road into Butte
from Calvin's was also let to the same
firm. They will take the same route into
town that the Montana Central follows.
They expect to finish the contract by the
last of next May.
About 2 o'clock Sunday morning the
citizens of Sun River were startled by the
cries of a woman calling for help. The
alarm was first heard by John Devine,
who at once ran to the scene, followed by
two guests of his house. Upon arriving
at little cabin just west of the Meth
odist church they found Mrs. Glines in
a desperate struggle with a colored bar
Der of that place by the name of Alonzo
Golden, who was in the act of ravishing
her. The parties arrived just in time, as
the woman was almost exhausted and
bleeding about the head and breast in
fearful manner. A large crowd soon
gathered about the place, and unfortun-
ately, through the exertion of cool head
in the crowd, hanging was prevented.
Golden was Immediately placed under
arrest.